Champion 7GCBC N6356N

14 April 1973 · La Jolla, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 April 1973 at about 11:57 local time, a Champion 7GCBC registered N6356N, operated by Assoc.glider C, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near La Jolla, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 April 1973 at 11:57
Classification: Accident
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
Nearest airport: Torrey Pines
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Champion 7GCBC
Registration: N6356N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Assoc.glider C
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Towing Gliders
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0994

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

HIT TOW WINCH CABLE FROM RELEASED GLIDER IN AIR.PLT MADE IMPROPER GO ARND.WINCH OP DIDNT CUT CABLE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0994, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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